NiteLites

While we were home for Christmas, Grammy took me to see NiteLites. They have a lot of neat Christmas light displays. Here is a pretty nativity scene.


I really liked looking at all the lights.


It was snowing pretty hard.

Papa risked being buried alive under the snow to bring you this cute shot.


A lovely Christmas dinosaur.

Lazy Saturday Morning

My New Manger

Aunt Melissa, Uncle Chris, and cousin Ethan got me a Little People Nativity set for Christmas but told me I could open it early. I like it a lot. I play with it every morning.

This donkey cart is tasty!



Help, the shepherd boys are attacking me.


Jesus is the bread of life, so I eat Him.

I am getting ready to crawl by getting up on my knees.

This is me being tickled.


Me and my papa.

Joshua's First Halloween

This Halloween Grammy came and celebrated Halloween with us. Joshua went trick or treating and handed out apple butter, and passed out candy with Grammy. For a good laugh, check out Ryan's pumpkin outfit and green hair!

Hiking at Castlewood Park

We enjoyed the beautiful fall weather hiking at Castlewood Park, playing in the leaves and taking pictures in Joshua's dinosaur hat.

Bring Papa Home NOW!!!

Papa is away at a conference until tomorrow night and Joshua is quite grumpy while he is gone. Please pray that Joshua would be comforted, daddy would make it home safely and soon, and that Missy would have extra patience and strength to cope with the grumpy boy.

Joshua's First Tooth

You kind of have to want to see it, but we can definitely feel it. Joshua's first tooth has arrived.

Swinging

Joshua really enjoys his swing! Here are some fun pictures of him enjoying time outside in our yard :) We've been doing some outside yard work lately and he seems to really enjoy being outside in his swing, in the wagon or sitting on the grass. No crawling yet, so he stays put while we are working. Thanks again Grammy for his fun swing!

Going to the Pumpkin Patch!

Last weekend my parents came down and we went to the pumpkin patch! We went to the petting zoo, picked out two pumpkins and some flowers, and had hot dogs and funnel cakes for lunch!

Wearing his big boy shoes, he kept them on, but liked to eat them :)

Daddy and Joshua with a BIG pumpkin!

Nana and Grandpa with Joshua! What a fun day! Thanks for coming to see us!
We hope you are all enjoying the beautiful fall season.

Some sweet pictures and an update...

My sweet boys playing together... what a good papa.

our precious boy

one of Joshua's six month pictures

sleeping sweetie

awww...

Joshua's experience with "hoppy" - his first pet frog :)

Joshua is not crawling yet, anytime we put him on his tummy he rolls to his back!

Us on a date, thanks Grammy for watching our boy, we had a great time!

Our happy baby!

Look at those cute little piggies!

We are doing well! We are excited that fall is coming and that means beautiful colors, comfy sweaters, warm chilis and soups and football! It's one of my favorite times of the year and I am looking forward to experiencing it all with Joshua Ryan.

He is doing good. He seems to be a late bloomer just like I was when I was a baby. The doctors don't seem to be concerned that he's not crawling or sitting on his own completely yet so we aren't either we are just enjoying his cute little self and giving him lots of opportunities to use his little muscles so that they can develop. He has also grown up to be a big boy, wearing 12 month clothes already at 71/2 months and loves to talk and squeal - sometimes VERY LOUDLY! We both adore his cute little self and are so thankful for him.

Ryan's year is going well. He feels like he's gotten on top of his teaching load even with being given a class without much notice. He has attracted more graduate students this year and is excited to have his first graduate research meeting with them a week from Monday. - A direct quote from him :)

I'm doing well. I hit a rough season with my headaches so that was a little discouraging but we are still hopeful. I am taking a break from leading my girls group until after Christmas so I am really hoping to finish up projects in the house :) I think I am always saying that though :)

I hope you all are doing well. Give us an update if you get a chance we love hearing from you!

love to each of you!

swimming

Joshua went swimming for the first time at Grammy's house when we were in MI last weekend!
We had a great trip with lots of fun pictures to share but this one was so great.

Hope you all had a great weekend!